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  • Apr 11 Album Reviews

    Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

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    Father John Misty delivers an ambitious and grand statement on the human condition with Pure Comedy, one of 2017’s most necessary albums.

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  • Apr 10 Album Reviews

    Joey Bada$$ - All-Amerikkkan Bada$$

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    Joey Bada$$ comes through with his most mature album yet, passionately dissecting the state of black people in present day America.

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  • Apr 7 Album Reviews

    Kodak Black - Painting Pictures

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    Painting Pictures is Kodak Black’s most well-produced project yet, but his lyrics and delivery still leave a lot to be desired.

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  • Apr 5 Album Reviews

    Mastodon - Emperor of Sand

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    On Emperor of Sand, Mastodon pads out rehashed ideas from their last several albums with alt-rock choruses that went out of style with the 90s.

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  • Apr 4 Album Reviews

    Freddie Gibbs - You Only Live 2wice

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    Freddie Gibbs makes a rushed return with You Only Live 2wice.

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    GoldLink - At What Cost

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  • Apr 1 Album Reviews

    Ibibio Sound Machine - Uyai

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    Ibibio Sound Machine’s Uyai is the grand and adventurous Afro-Funk album I wanted their self-titled debut to be.

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  • Mar 31 Album Reviews

    Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."

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    My thoughts on Kendrick Lamar’s latest single, presumably off his hotly anticipated fourth studio album.

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  • Mar 30 Album Reviews

    Ondatrópica - Baile Bucanero

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    Colombian supergroup Ondatrópica continues to fuse genres from across South America on their sophomore album.

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  • Mar 30 Album Reviews

    Pallbearer - Heartless

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    Little Rock doom outfit Pallbearer returns with more bite and an even greater prog influence on their third album Heartless, their most varied and epic effort yet.

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